Among the key reserves was a guard from City College of New York named William "Red" Holzman.
[2] HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the ninth-easiest route to win the NBA Finals due to the records of both their first round opponent and their championship opponent in the Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks respectively.
Connie Simmons had 26 points; and then tied the series by taking Game 6 back in New York 80–73.
With 44 seconds left and the score tied at 75, Davies was fouled by the Knicks’ Dick McGuire and sunk two free throws.
The Knicks remain the only time in NBA Finals history a team has bounced back from a 3–0 deficit to force a Game 7.